Sara Billam
@sbil.bsky.social
Retired Civil Servant. Probably too obsessed with politics.
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Finally someone says it.
Daisy Cooper, "In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker that arrived on a boat"
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
December 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Finally someone says it.
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Mason is terrible. The BBC does still have a lot of good correspondents, but they seem to think that the political ed has to be someone who gets inside the Westminster bubble and reports the gossip, without any distinction between what's important and what's ephemeral.
December 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Mason is terrible. The BBC does still have a lot of good correspondents, but they seem to think that the political ed has to be someone who gets inside the Westminster bubble and reports the gossip, without any distinction between what's important and what's ephemeral.
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I must have missed the wall-to-wall coverage of demands for an investigation into Nigel Farage's lies about being a racist
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
November 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I must have missed the wall-to-wall coverage of demands for an investigation into Nigel Farage's lies about being a racist
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
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The sheer scale of media outrage this week about plans to lift hundreds of thousands children out of poverty, by taxing millionaire homeowners, tells you everything you need to know about the real priorities of the British press
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
The Real 'Benefits Street' Protecting Britain's Wealthiest
The sheer scale of outrage about plans to lift children out of poverty, by taxing millionaire homeowners, tells you everything you need to know about the priorities of the British press
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The sheer scale of media outrage this week about plans to lift hundreds of thousands children out of poverty, by taxing millionaire homeowners, tells you everything you need to know about the real priorities of the British press
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
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At this very moment, Sam Coates will be performing Olga Korbet like verbal gymnastics to explain how the jailing of Nathan Gill is a disaster for Keir Starmer.
November 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
At this very moment, Sam Coates will be performing Olga Korbet like verbal gymnastics to explain how the jailing of Nathan Gill is a disaster for Keir Starmer.
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Is there a prominent Brexiter left who hasn’t torn off their mask to reveal the rancid racism beneath? Boris Johnson’s chief fluffer accusing anyone else of being over-promoted is peak process. The bitterness of insanely privileged men with empty souls knows no bounds.
For anyone still tempted to take Dominic Cummings at all seriously, he's now an advocate of Donald Trump-style open racism.
November 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Is there a prominent Brexiter left who hasn’t torn off their mask to reveal the rancid racism beneath? Boris Johnson’s chief fluffer accusing anyone else of being over-promoted is peak process. The bitterness of insanely privileged men with empty souls knows no bounds.
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Lewis is absolutely right here
November 2, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Lewis is absolutely right here
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Yet another mixed-race couple in our British adverts. Sadiq Khan's Britain.
October 27, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Yet another mixed-race couple in our British adverts. Sadiq Khan's Britain.
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Collins is on TREMENDOUS form atm.
![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for the Guardian.
[Scene is BBC BREAKFAST with two presenters and a guest on the sofa].
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PRESENTER:
Now - some disturbing new research has shown
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PRESENTER:
that as many as 10 non-Reform political parties may currently operating ‘under the radar’ across the UK.
[Show on screen logos for Greens, Lib Dems, Conservatives
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PRESENTER:
In the studio to discuss this, Nigel Farage
[We see the guest on the sofa is indeed Nigel Farage]
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PRESENTER:
Nigel, what’s your view?
FARAGE:
Well I think this very worrying.
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FARAGE:
And just another reason why we should ban all immigration.
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PRESENTER:
I won’t push back on that
FARAGE:
Absolutely!
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PRESENTER:
Funnily enough, this is what your new show’s about, isn’t it?
FARAGE:
Oop - plug time!
PRESENTER:
Ha ha
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FARAGE:
Yes it’s a 12-part BBC documentary called ‘In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One’.
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[Show on the TV screen Farage presenting a documentary series titled In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One. He is wearing his farmer's getup and looking dreamily at the UK from hillsides, visiting pubs and chatting with the locals, etc]
FARAGE:
It’s a really emotional journey
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FARAGE:
with lots of dreamy footage of me looking relatable...
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FARAGE:
as I answer the question:
*Am I the only option for Britain?*
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[Cut back to studio]
PRESENTER:
I won’t push back on that
FARAGE:
Absolutely!
[ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreidseyojvyqngmitl76iafvvbvgg4a3i7a26642c2c3gacoi7pwtbi@jpeg)
October 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Collins is on TREMENDOUS form atm.
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👏 "We've lived here all our lives. And I have never felt so unwelcome in my own hometown as I do since your party came into Caerphilly."
"With all the rhetoric that you bring in, I have to say to my sons, please don't go there. Please don't do this."
"I blame you for that."
"With all the rhetoric that you bring in, I have to say to my sons, please don't go there. Please don't do this."
"I blame you for that."
October 16, 2025 at 10:40 AM
👏 "We've lived here all our lives. And I have never felt so unwelcome in my own hometown as I do since your party came into Caerphilly."
"With all the rhetoric that you bring in, I have to say to my sons, please don't go there. Please don't do this."
"I blame you for that."
"With all the rhetoric that you bring in, I have to say to my sons, please don't go there. Please don't do this."
"I blame you for that."
My feed seems to be far more engaged with Celebrity Traitors over the Chinese spying business.
October 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
My feed seems to be far more engaged with Celebrity Traitors over the Chinese spying business.
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This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.
October 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.
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Americans I am begging you to sort this out. Your mad racist uncle has shat himself in public again.
Trump to the UN: "I have to say, I look at London where you have a terrible mayor -- terrible terrible mayor -- and it's been so changed, so changed. Now they want to go to Sharia Law ... both their immigration and their suicidal energy ideas will be the death of Western Europe."
September 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Americans I am begging you to sort this out. Your mad racist uncle has shat himself in public again.
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Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
September 23, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
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I have rarely seen such unadulterated bollocks. I loved Twitter, it was so important for my job. Then a mad megalomaniac took it over and made it so no one would see my posts unless I paid him money - and even if I did that I would be submerged in nazi hate. But yeah this is our fault.
One of the biggest mistakes left-of-center pundits and influencers made was decamping to Bluesky. They made themselves irrelevant, shrunk their audiences, and dramatically lessened the positive impact they could have on our public debate at the precise time we needed it most.
September 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I have rarely seen such unadulterated bollocks. I loved Twitter, it was so important for my job. Then a mad megalomaniac took it over and made it so no one would see my posts unless I paid him money - and even if I did that I would be submerged in nazi hate. But yeah this is our fault.
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Loath though he is to alienate floating racists, perhaps Starmer could rouse himself to condemn a violent fascist rally teeming with people who want him overthrown and/or killed
September 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Loath though he is to alienate floating racists, perhaps Starmer could rouse himself to condemn a violent fascist rally teeming with people who want him overthrown and/or killed
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Not a single one of the 110,000 knuckle dragging thugs in London today will vote Labour.
There is nothing to be lost but plenty to be gained by Starmer condemning them in very strong terms.
There is nothing to be lost but plenty to be gained by Starmer condemning them in very strong terms.
September 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Not a single one of the 110,000 knuckle dragging thugs in London today will vote Labour.
There is nothing to be lost but plenty to be gained by Starmer condemning them in very strong terms.
There is nothing to be lost but plenty to be gained by Starmer condemning them in very strong terms.
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Whispers *that's the French flag mate*
September 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Whispers *that's the French flag mate*
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Current state of UK political discourse.
September 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Current state of UK political discourse.
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For the last hour, Sky News has been almost wall-to-wall on migrant hotel protests... or as chief correspondent Jon Craig puts it, 'illegal migration'.
They desperately need some real news.
They desperately need some real news.
August 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
For the last hour, Sky News has been almost wall-to-wall on migrant hotel protests... or as chief correspondent Jon Craig puts it, 'illegal migration'.
They desperately need some real news.
They desperately need some real news.
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And yet on BBC this morning Emma Barnett was asking Nick T-S, totally disingenuously, “oh why all the focus on Farage?”
BECAUSE THE LEGACY MEDIA GIVES HIM WALL TO WALL COVERAGE AND NOW HE’S LEADING IN THE POLLS
How did we become so f*cking stupid?
BECAUSE THE LEGACY MEDIA GIVES HIM WALL TO WALL COVERAGE AND NOW HE’S LEADING IN THE POLLS
How did we become so f*cking stupid?
📊 Ref lead of 8pts
Westminster voting intention
REF: 28% (-)
LAB: 20% (-1)
CON: 17% (-1)
LDEM: 16% (+1)
GRN: 11% (+1)
via @YouGov, 25 - 26 Aug
Chgs. w/ 18 Aug
britainelects.com
Westminster voting intention
REF: 28% (-)
LAB: 20% (-1)
CON: 17% (-1)
LDEM: 16% (+1)
GRN: 11% (+1)
via @YouGov, 25 - 26 Aug
Chgs. w/ 18 Aug
britainelects.com
britainelects.com
August 27, 2025 at 8:27 AM
And yet on BBC this morning Emma Barnett was asking Nick T-S, totally disingenuously, “oh why all the focus on Farage?”
BECAUSE THE LEGACY MEDIA GIVES HIM WALL TO WALL COVERAGE AND NOW HE’S LEADING IN THE POLLS
How did we become so f*cking stupid?
BECAUSE THE LEGACY MEDIA GIVES HIM WALL TO WALL COVERAGE AND NOW HE’S LEADING IN THE POLLS
How did we become so f*cking stupid?
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A reminder: Asylum seekers are in hotels because of a huge application backlog that the gov't must work through. Robert Jenrick - now, bursting with creative solutions - processed applications slowly ***on purpose*** as a deterrent.
Here he is, as Immigration Minister two years ago, saying so. ~AA
Here he is, as Immigration Minister two years ago, saying so. ~AA
August 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
A reminder: Asylum seekers are in hotels because of a huge application backlog that the gov't must work through. Robert Jenrick - now, bursting with creative solutions - processed applications slowly ***on purpose*** as a deterrent.
Here he is, as Immigration Minister two years ago, saying so. ~AA
Here he is, as Immigration Minister two years ago, saying so. ~AA
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My favourite pithy politics post in a very long time.
Bang on the money.
Bang on the money.
Brexit was an attempted counter-revolution against many of the changes this country has gone through since 1945. It has turned out to be a failure with elements of farce. This has driven many people on the Right completely mad.
August 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
My favourite pithy politics post in a very long time.
Bang on the money.
Bang on the money.